Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf break

Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay sea temperature is
14.5° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 5AM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (17 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
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!
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3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
1.4
NE
1.1
NE
0.4
S
0.8
ENE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)131110999998888169987989881010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23562613959626404135127119906850354728232101022382238201167298408
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
NNE
20
N
20
N
35
N
30
N
35
N
35
N
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11AM
1.88
3:36PM
1.95
4:00AM
1.91
4:28PM
2.01
4:52AM
1.91
5:22PM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:59PM
0.15
9:22AM
0.12
9:51PM
0.11
10:13AM
0.08
10:46PM
0.11
11:07AM
0.07
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----7:01-------7:03-------7:05---
Sunset------5:51-------5:49-------5:46-
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------2
Temp. °C121110111214161616171614161717161514121213141212
Feels °C (?)7888899109111110121313121211910101187
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